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Lankadeepa (Sinhala: ලංකාදීප) is a daily Sri Lankan Sinhala language newspaper which is owned by Wijeya Newspapers. They were established in 1991. [ 1 ] The chairman of the organisation is Ranjith Wijewardene, the son of D. R. Wijewardena . [ 2 ]
The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it. For those newspapers that are also published online, the website is given.
Sri Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). [ 1][ 2] It was founded in 1951 and was published from Colombo. [ 1][ 2] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 118,561. [ 2] It had an average circulation of 133,093 in 1970, 85,654 in 1973 and 55,000 in 1976. [ 3][ 4][ 5]
Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language daily newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). [ 1][ 2] It was founded on 29 October 1947 and was published from Colombo. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Initially an evening paper, it became a morning daily on 1 May 1949. [ 3] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 56,241. [ 4]
Lankadeepa was unique at the time because it was original journalism in Sinhala. At that time the Dinamina, which was the only other Sinhala daily, was a translation of the Ceylon Daily News. Lankadeepa had its own reporters, was the first to give its reporters bylines in the stories they reported. It devised a special Sinhala font, and created ...
He started his career as a freelance journalist with the Lankadeepa newspaper in December 1969. Cyrus Surendra, who worked for the Lankadeepa newspaper wrote a column entitled 'Kaalaye Satahan' died suddenly. At that time, Saman was a student at the Pinwatta Pirivena, where he was asked to continue Surendra's column.
Mass media in Sri Lanka. Mass media of Sri Lanka consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and Web sites. State and private media operators provide services in the main languages Sinhala, Tamil and English. The government owns two major TV stations, radio networks operated by the Sri ...
Then he wrote a column called 'Charumanda' in "Hela Diva". On October 27, 1947, Lankadeepa newspaper was started for an auspicious time made by Manawasinghe. Then he was entrusted with the task of writing information on the astrology of Lankadeepa. In 1955, he started the column 'Waga Thuga' where he continued to work in Lankadeepa from 1947 to ...